Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach is a shopping district in Miami, Florida that has the majority of Miami's beach. Ocean Drive is lined with hotels, while the other side of the road has a long beach that was popular among both residents of the area and tourists. During the late 1980s, Ocean Beach saw an increased amount of gang violence due to Tommy Vercetti's crusade to expand his criminal empire across the city; it was also the sight of the tragic Ocean Beach van explosion of 1986, which killed five people. Ocean Beach had a population of 4,451 in 1984.